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Acta Trop. 2015 Apr 3. pii: S0001-706X(15)00084-4. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.03.025. [Epub ahead of print]
When private actors matter: Information-sharing network and surveillance of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Vietnam.
Delabouglise A1, Dao TH2, Truong DB3, Nguyen TT4, Nguyen NT3, Duboz R5, Fourni? G6, Antoine-Moussiaux N7, Grosbois V8, Vu DT2, Le TH3, Nguyen VK4, Salem G9, Peyre M10.
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The effectiveness of animal health surveillance systems depends on their capacity to gather sanitary information from the animal production sector. In order to assess this capacity we analyzed the flow of sanitary information regarding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) suspicions in poultry in Vietnam. Participatory methods were applied to assess the type of actors and likelihood of information sharing between actors in case of HPAI suspicion in poultry. While the reporting of HPAI suspicions is mandatory, private actors had more access to information than public actors. Actors of the upstream sector (medicine and feed sellers) played a key role in the diffusion of information. The central role of these actors and the influence of the information flow on the adoption by poultry production stakeholders of behaviors limiting (e.g. prevention measures) or promoting disease transmission (e.g. increased animal movements) should be accounted for in the design of surveillance and control programs.
Copyright ? 2015. Published by Elsevier B.V.
KEYWORDS:
Disease Reporting; H5N1 virus; Influenza; Participatory Research; Private Sector; Social Networks; Vietnam
PMID: 25847263 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
When private actors matter: Information-sharing network and surveillance of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Vietnam.
Delabouglise A1, Dao TH2, Truong DB3, Nguyen TT4, Nguyen NT3, Duboz R5, Fourni? G6, Antoine-Moussiaux N7, Grosbois V8, Vu DT2, Le TH3, Nguyen VK4, Salem G9, Peyre M10.
Author information
Abstract
The effectiveness of animal health surveillance systems depends on their capacity to gather sanitary information from the animal production sector. In order to assess this capacity we analyzed the flow of sanitary information regarding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) suspicions in poultry in Vietnam. Participatory methods were applied to assess the type of actors and likelihood of information sharing between actors in case of HPAI suspicion in poultry. While the reporting of HPAI suspicions is mandatory, private actors had more access to information than public actors. Actors of the upstream sector (medicine and feed sellers) played a key role in the diffusion of information. The central role of these actors and the influence of the information flow on the adoption by poultry production stakeholders of behaviors limiting (e.g. prevention measures) or promoting disease transmission (e.g. increased animal movements) should be accounted for in the design of surveillance and control programs.
Copyright ? 2015. Published by Elsevier B.V.
KEYWORDS:
Disease Reporting; H5N1 virus; Influenza; Participatory Research; Private Sector; Social Networks; Vietnam
PMID: 25847263 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]